Uri Avnery, the Optimist Uri Avnery, the Optimist
To those who follow the Israeli-Palestinian conflict closely, the prospects for a two-state solution have never seemed dimmer. So why does veteran peacenik Uri Avnery remain so hop...
Nov 15, 2007 / Feature / Eyal Press
Bush Stands By His Dictator Bush Stands By His Dictator
Bush's coddling of Pervez Musharraf defies all reason--and bears some unsettling similarity to his own offenses and misteps as President.
Nov 14, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Our Man in Pakistan Our Man in Pakistan
Gen. Pervez Musharraf turns out to be just another crummy dictator. But he's our dictator--using the $10 billion in US aid to jail judges and lawyers, and give shelter Al Qaeda and...
Nov 7, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Du Côté de Chez Madame Defarge Du Côté de Chez Madame Defarge
These days, even London and Paris seem a bit like North Korea.
Nov 1, 2007 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Debating Ahmadinejad at Columbia Debating Ahmadinejad at Columbia
Columbia University President Lee Bollinger's combative remarks tarnish an otherwise illuminating event.
Sep 25, 2007 / Feature / Jayati Vora
An Inconvenient Truth An Inconvenient Truth
In 1988 US officials helped disguise Saddam's chemical attack on Halabja. But when it came time to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, they acted outraged.
Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Cockburn
Reading Arendt in Caracas Reading Arendt in Caracas
A student movement influenced by Hannah Arendt is emerging in Venezuela. What do they think of the Bolivarian Revolution?
Aug 17, 2007 / Feature / Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
Revolution in Venezuela? Revolution in Venezuela?
Oil money allows Hugo Chávez to do many things, but it will never be enough to buy a revolution.
Jun 21, 2007 / Editorial / Joaquín Villalobos
Waiting for Gordon Waiting for Gordon
Britain's incoming prime minister inherits a country transformed almost beyond recognition.
Jun 14, 2007 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
Labour Crowns King Brown Labour Crowns King Brown
The one pledge Gordon Brown can deliver that would make his transition to power meaningful is to withdraw from Iraq immediately.
May 17, 2007 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge